DESIGN
Sisa Holla│BIG SEE Awards 2018
Inspiration: I cooperated with Slate Lite company and used their products (flexible stone), and for me it represents a unique combination of nature and technology in fashion. I see nature as an intelligent element which is much above the human world, and it embodies the beauty of its patterns, structures and shapes. In the past the images of women used to be carved in stone. Today, however, I want
Andrea Pojezdalova│BIG SEE Awards 2018
Inspiration: ’’There is much to support the view that it is clothes that wear us, and not we, them; we may make them take the mould of arm or breast, but they mould our hearts, our brains, our tongues to their liking.‘‘ - Virginia Woolf (Orlando) Andrea Pojezdálová is a young Slovak fashion designer. She studied fashion design at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in
Nevena Ivanović for NEO design studio│BIG SEE Awards 2018
Inspiration: Khazarian dictionary, a book by Serbian writter Milorad Pavić, written in such a way that it can be read and observed from many different angles and viewpoints. Also, Khazarians have a strange ability to wake up every day with a different appearance and sometimes even with a different gender. The title of the collection comes from the name of Khazarian princess, ATEH. She was a teacher, an adviser,
Athenas and Anastasios Tranoulis / ATHENA BY TRANOULIS│BIG SEE Awards 2018
Inspiration: To protest and to be the fashion voice among other voices around the world, for the return of the stolen Parthenon marbles to its original place. The name of the protest campaign is “TAKE ME HOME”, and it is under the auspices of Hellenic Olympians Association. The designers were awarded the 2018 personality award by the Academy of Greek Art Awards. The movement is strongly supported by artists,
Flora Miranda│BIG SEE Awards 2018
Inspiration: We 3d scanned the Négilé Coat which is part of the Fashion and Costume Collection of The University of Applied Arts Vienna. The garment was worn either by the crown princess Stephanie von Belgien or the Duchess Sophie von Hohenberg in 1895. By virtualising this piece it transforms to be dead in cyberspace. But its data becomes everlast ing, the information is stored and can be directly reproduced at
Loreta Gudelj (clothes), Mihaela Markovic (knitted bags), Priyanka Desai (jewellery), Naša Posla (shoes) / Arte Studio│BIG SEE Awards 2018
Inspiration: Arte is a capsule art collection project created on the basis of a collaboration among various international designers sharing the same idea of paying homage to modern and contemporary artworks. This collection was inspired by modern Basque sculptor and graphic artist Eduardo Chillida. FILE Collection or creation: Edition Chillida Brand: Arte. Designer and / or
Mario Vijačkić│BIG SEE Awards 2018
Inspiration: The collection is the result of the reflection related to the autobiographical moments from the recent past reflected in the present, and it also touches upon the question as to how much geo-political aspect affects the perception of the Croatian fashion in the world. The aesthetics of the nineties in the Balkans as a protruding motif, elements of formal work clothing as well as the historical and traditional
Jakub Polanka / JAKUBPOLANKA│BIG SEE Awards 2018
Inspiration: Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren said in an interview with the New York Daily News: "The only thing I regret in my life is that I did not say "fuck off" more often." The direct reference to this quote is the central slogan of the entire collection - Fax Off! Jakub Polanka expresses typical intelligent and down to earth Czech humour. Jakub Polanka is one of the most successful
Nives Bošnjak│BIG SEE Awards 2018
Inspiration: The exploration of a relationship between different kinds of natural materials - textile, ceramics, and plants. These three elements are used to demonstrate the coalescence of the natural and the artificial in the modern world. FILE Collection or creation: Coalescence Brand: Nives Bošnjak Designer and / or studio: Nives Bošnjak Materials and techniques: ceramic, cotton, live plants Photography: Luka Pešun Year of production: 2015
Yllka Brada│BIG SEE Awards 2018
Inspiration: Inspired by the ancient Albanian symbols, this collection was created after a 2-year work based on profound analysis and careful interweaving of the two eras. The idea was to bring back the beautiful Albanian symbols into modern designs of the present. Representative colors of TRADERN are black, white and red. The entire collection is Haute Couture and it consists of handmade pieces and mainly handmade fabrics.
Boryana Petrova│BIG SEE Awards 2018
Inspiration: Biotrace collection has been inspired by images of microbes under a microscope. The textiles are covered in neon prints and silicone tubes which glow under black light and in the darkness, just like some strains of microbes. FILE Collection or creation: Biotrace Brand: Boryana Petrova Designer and / or studio: Boryana Petrova Photography: Moni Frances (The photos have been taken under UV
Blerina Kllokoqi Rugova / BKR│BIG SEE Awards 2018
Inspiration: Soft and fragile feminine dresses inspired by powerful national eclectic emotions and symbolism of Dardania represent the base of sublime messages referring to the courage and history of Kosovo nation. The central theme is related to proud feminine energies, similar to a dress made by Blerina for Rita Ora when she was singing at St. Paul Basilica in Rome on the occasion of canonization of another big Kosovo